Getting A System In A Modern World

Chapter 99  Getting Free Slaves

"So what do you think I should do with the two of you?" Silas asked, as he looked at them intently with a smile.

The two of them saw Silas stare and shivered slightly, but their actions didn't escape Silas's strong perception.

The two of them found it very strange and were confused about the whole situation. They didn't know how Silas was able to single them out and how he got their actual identities.

They would have thought that Silas was bluffing them, but the cryptic message they received from their boss, John, yesterday made them understand that they weren't being bluffed.

When they realized this, the gears in their heads started spinning at maximum speed, trying to think of a solution to the predicament they currently found themselves in.

Contacting their employer? That was definitely out of the question. Considering the person's character, there's a very high chance that they would be silenced and taken care of.

Also, considering the severity of their crimes, their fate was all but sealed. It's certain they would be facing court charges soon and they would definitely be tried and sentenced.

Though they hadn't acted yet, they weren't dumb. They knew someone who could expose them before they started was a serious threat

Now, this took them back to Silas's question, what should he do with them?

Honestly speaking, they had no idea but they knew exactly what they would do if they were in Silas's position.

Silas looked at the two of them as they occasionally fidgeted slightly due to nervousness, and shook his head as he sighed.

To be honest, he wasn't planning on doing anything to them.

Take them out of the company? Nah. Arrest them, charge them and their employers? No.

Silas felt that it would be better to keep them close. Why did he make such a decision? Wouldn't it be better if he just got rid of them and cleaned out the pests in his company?

There's a saying that goes, 'the devil you know is better than the angel you don't know.'

Silas felt that it would be better to keep them close as he had the ability to control them and he believed that Kim also had the ability to do so.

That aside, Silas already knew that they were bound to fail since the actual reason why they were sent here was to get information on his company's technology, steal it, and poach the engineers behind it.

There was no way they would be able to get what they wanted as everything was created and controlled by him.

The only way they could succeed is if they could abduct him and torture the information out of him. Something that is beyond impossible as he's physically the strongest person on the planet!

This isn't him being arrogant. Considering that the average stat for a regular human is 10 and the highest one can achieve is 100. Even if Phenomenals are added to the mix, they would still be weak against Silas, who has gone through the first gene enhancement and has maxed out all his stats to the limits that an enhanced human body can accept.

Another reason why Silas didn't want to take up the case is because he knew that the two individuals in front of him are expendable and their employer would quickly throw them under the bus to save their own heads.

Silas gave the situation a thought and finally made a decision.

"Two options. I will give both of you the opportunity to choose between two options," Silas said, and they flinched. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Silas smiled secretly when he saw this. He looked at them intently for a moment before continuing, "The first option: I will charge both of you to court and you will have to face the consequences of your actions. If you think I don't have enough evidence to do so, you can try choosing this option.

The second option: both of you will work for me without pay till I feel I'm satisfied. I can be a little lenient and give you your pay, but that will be after you have impressed and satisfied me. The final interpretation of this will be left to me," Silas said, passing his sentence.

Even though both of them were yet to start taking action, with the help of LUNAR, Silas had more than enough evidence to charge them and make sure they and their employer spend a minimum of a decade in prison.

The two of them heard what Silas said and their faces paled. Their eyes went wide in realization that they were fucked both ways.

They dared not choose the first option as they had no plan on taking chances with their lives, but the second wasn't any better, as they would have to work without pay for an unknown period of time until Silas was satisfied. If that isn't slavery, then what is?

They either take their chances, which are very abysmal, or become slaves.

The two of them were actually considering taking the first option as they felt that if they were to go down, then their employers would have to go down with them, but they felt that things might not be as simple as it looked.

The most affected in this situation was the female. She felt like the world was collapsing around her.

Her eyes lost their color and her clenched fist was shaking due to the lack of blood flow in it, resulting from a long period of clenching.

She remembered how she was forced into this but she had no choice, as it was the only way she could perform and get a promotion.

They looked at each other simultaneously and nodded.

How did things come to this? They had no idea but they were determined to preserve their lives.

"The second option," the female said and bit her lips, and her shoulders slumped in defeat, as she muttered something inaudible to herself in a mosquito-like voice but Silas heard her clearly.

'My life is ruined.'

Silas smiled and looked at the man.

"Second option?" He asked and the man nodded.

"Good. The two of you can leave and get back to your work. You will be contacted if you're needed," Silas said and dismissed the both of them.

Silas saw them stagger out of the office and turned to look out the panoramic glass window.

A lot of thoughts ran through his mind as he took in the captivating aerial view of Howard Street.

The view of the clear blue sky with fluffy white clouds floating around, the free birds flying in the sky and multiple tall buildings that seemingly infinitely stretched into the horizon.

'I guess this is why some people can't help but have the thought of world domination,' he thought to himself with a smile.

The thought of owning and controlling everything as far as the eye can see was very intoxicating.

Silas's thoughts were interrupted when he heard Kim's voice. He completely forgot that she was also with him in the office.

Silas turned to look at Kim and he saw the clear and genuine confusion on her face.

Kim was genuinely shocked and confused by what just happened.

She tried her best to wrap her head around how Silas was able to actually single out two spies among the tens of workers in the office.

Another surprising and confusing thing was Silas's decision. Why did he give them an option? She knew that the second option that the two individuals chose wasn't any better than being sent to jail, but the question still remains. Why did Silas give them an option?

She wouldn't be working for him if she didn't trust his character but she would be lying if she said that Silas hasn't been behaving strangely of recent. From the day that he went out and came back with a Corvette, she started getting that feeling about him.

She knew Silas but not well enough. She has only been in his life as his stepmom for less than a year, but their previous relationship wasn't that great at all as he barely said a word to her.

After their relationship became closer lately, she had tried to get closer to him but he has always been elusive. He's either at his place that literally no one in the family knows or he's on a trip.

The eyebrow-raising point of the whole situation is that every time Silas comes back home after being away for a long time, something massive changes about him.

His appearance, his aura, so many things about him change each time. Though, she doesn't ask why or how, because she felt that it would be her overstepping her boundaries, she was still extremely curious.

The most shocking was the drastic change in his appearance and aura after he came back from his said trip to Venezuela, and when he told her that Lucas had been arrested and had been sentenced. She knew Lucas perfectly.

His arrogant attitude, his affluence, and deep, and valuable connections but he was still arrested and he's going to be tried.

She wouldn't have actually believed him if she didn't see it on the news, how he was arrested and when it was announced that his company will be under investigation for multiple corporate crimes.

How did Silas do it? The million-dollar question that she can't ask, what's the source of his wealth?

A lot of things she wanted to know but she felt that it would be better to just swallow them.

Things would have been better if his father was actually active in his life but Chris was somewhat of a disappointment of a father.

"Silas, are they?..." Kim asked, as she looked at Silas with a strange look on her face.